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Research reveals ethnic minority heart failure patients at much higher risk of death than White patients
Ethnic minority patients with heart failure are at much higher risk of death than White patients, according to analysis of data from over 16,700 patients that we have supported.
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Understanding how heart cells die in heart failureKingston University London | Dr Andrew Snabaitis
Heart failure is a devastating condition that affects over half a million people in the UK, and there is currently no cure. It usually happens after a heart attack, when a section of heart tissue dies and no longer works properly. Scientist...
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The heart-kidney link
Ever wondered why heart and kidney diseases happen at the same time? A consultant cardiologist talks about how our vital organs interact.
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Can stem cells in the heart of mice teach us about human heart repair?Imperial College London | Professor Michael Schneider
Unlike some other animals, like the zebrafish, the human heart cannot heal itself by replacing damaged heart cells with new heart muscle cells. Despite this, it is now known that the heart does contain stem cells – cells that are able to d...
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New target for repairing the heart after heart attack
An immune cell has been shown, for the first time, to be involved in creating the scar that repairs the heart after damage.
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"Waiting for surgery is the hardest thing I've ever gone through"
Saskia Blake, from London, grew up knowing she had mitral valve prolapse, but never thought it would lead to her needing surgery, until this became her reality at the age of 31.
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How the heart cell’s internal skeleton helps normal heart developmentUniversity of Sheffield | Dr Emily Noel
BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Emily Noel is working out the origins of congenital heart disease – when babies are born with a heart that has not formed correctly in the womb, usually due to a problem with one or more of ...
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The role of R-SPONDIN3 in the regulation of human body shape and susceptibility to cardiovascular diseaseUniversity of Oxford | Professor Fredrik Karpe
Obesity is a major risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease. People who are overweight due to fat deposition around the abdomen (so-called ‘apple-shaped’ individuals) seem to have a higher risk of heart disease than those w...
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How does amyloid affect the heart and circulatory system ?Lancaster University | Professor David Middleton
Professor David Middleton and his colleagues at Lancaster University are studying how proteins called amyloid build up in the heart and circulatory system, having potentially devastating effects on health. In several diseases, proteins clu...
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Answering fundamental questions about heart developmentUniversity College London | Professor Peter Scambler
Abnormalities in the heart and circulatory system (often called congenital heart disease) are the commonest defects that can be present at birth. Unlocking the genetic secrets behind how the heart develops in the growing embryo may not o...